Adoption is legally defined as permanently placing a baby, infant or older child with parents who were not the actual biological parents. Adoption gives rise to the severing of the parental rights & responsibilities of the true biological parents and turning over those rights and responsibilities onto the adoptive parents. A number of babies or children are placed for adoption as a result of the true biological parents' acknowlegement that they are unfortunately unable to take good basic care of their baby, infant or older child. Some biological parents forcibly lose their parental rights and their child or children are placed into foster homes since they were abused or even abandoned. A physical incapability to reproduce and have a biological child is a typical cause given to adopt. A decision to adopt could also correspond with the lack of a partner of the opposite sex or a preference not to use a surrogate or sperm donor. Single people and same sex partners often adopt because of this. Processes for legally adopting can be different from state to state or between countries. Usually when making an application to adopt, the prospective adoptive parents will be appraised for suitability and appropriateness.

Adopting from outside one's country are often more costly and typically incur other costs, like the adopters having to travel to the source country. Citizens of the US represent the biggest number of international adopters. A few larger countries have reasonably well founded laws, rules and procedures for out of country adopters to cope with, while other countries don't. Adoption rules & regulations for each country differ widely.Any conditions necessary to commence the process of adopting internationally also can differ widely, depending upon the nation of the adopters. In america, as an example, usually the 1st step in the process is selecting an agency or facilitator to deal with. Every adoption agency or facilitator works with different nations, although just a few focus only on a single country.

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